GALAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GALAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALAH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALAH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
galahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GALAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does GALAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A grey-backed Australian cockatoo with a pink breast and crown; also, informally in Australian speech, a foolish or silly person.
The galah is one of the most familiar birds across inland Australia, often seen in large noisy flocks feeding on open ground or perched along power lines at dusk. Because the birds gather in such loud, chaotic groups, Australians began using galah as an insult for a person acting foolishly, much as goose is used elsewhere in English. Both senses, the bird and the insult, remain in everyday use and are instantly understood in Australian English.
How GALAH is used
The bird sense is neutral and standard; the sense meaning a fool is informal and mainly Australian.
- A flock of galahs wheeled over the paddock at sunset.
- Do not be a galah, he said, and mind the gate this time.
- The galahs stripped the seed heads from every stalk in an hour.
- She laughed and called herself a galah for forgetting the tickets.
- Pink and grey feathers marked the galah out from the other birds at the feeder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GALAH
1 longer words begin with GALAH.
Shorter words from the letters in GALAH
Common questions about GALAH
- Is GALAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALAH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALAH worth?
- GALAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALAH mean?
- A grey-backed Australian cockatoo with a pink breast and crown; also, informally in Australian speech, a foolish or silly person.
- What letters can be added to GALAH?
- GALAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GALAH:
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